at length
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The authors of the Constitution, having thrown off a king, debated at length how to guard against a power-crazed president.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Maguire said, smiling, as he spoke at length about his career so far and hopes for the future to journalists at the club's training camp in Maynooth, 20 miles outside Dublin.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
Cantwell logged 400 hours of combat flight experience, including missions over Iraq and Afghanistan, and he trained at length for hard parachute landings.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
Khalil has spoken at length about befriending Jewish students at Columbia, attending Shabbat dinners and seeing Jewish students as “integral” during the protest movement on campus.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026
“I am at length the happy mother of a daughter,” Stanton wrote to her friend Lucretia Mott.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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